IRRC No. 903

Editorial: Out of sight, out of mind? Exposing the human cost of detention

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Editorial: Out of sight, out of mind? Exposing the human cost of detention author: Vincent Bernard

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Prisoners’ objects: The collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum author: Roger Mayou

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Current trends and practices in the use of imprisonment author: Andrew Coyle, Helen Fair, Catherine Heard

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The costs of incarceration for families of prisoners author: Megan Comfort, Tasseli McKay, Justin Landwehr, Erin Kennedy, Anupa Bir, Christine Lindquist

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“Restoring hope where all hope was lost”: Nelson Mandela, the ICRC and the protection of political detainees in apartheid South Africa author: Andrew Thompson

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Overcrowding: Nobody’s fault? When some struggle to survive waiting for everyone to take responsibility author: Vincent Ballon

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Glimmers of hope: A report on the Philippine Criminal Justice System author: Roy Panti Valenzuela

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Overcrowding in the Peruvian prison system author: Julio César Magán Zevallos

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Becoming a torturer: Towards a global ergonomics of care author: Jonathan Luke Austin, Riccardo Bocco

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The crisis of detention and the politics of denial in Latin America author: Paul Hathazy, Markus-Michael Müller

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